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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Import python libs
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+import copy
+
+# Import Salt Testing libs
+from tests.support.unit import TestCase
+
+# Import Salt libs
+import salt.utils.dictdiffer as dictdiffer
+
+
+NONE = dictdiffer.RecursiveDictDiffer.NONE_VALUE
+
+
+class RecursiveDictDifferTestCase(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        old_dict = {'a': {'b': 1, 'c': 2, 'e': 'old_value',
+                          'f': 'old_key'},
+                    'j': 'value'}
+        new_dict = {'a': {'b': 1, 'c': 4, 'e': 'new_value',
+                          'g': 'new_key'},
+                    'h': 'new_key', 'i': None,
+                    'j': 'value'}
+        self.recursive_diff = \
+                dictdiffer.recursive_diff(old_dict, new_dict,
+                                          ignore_missing_keys=False)
+        self.recursive_diff_ign = dictdiffer.recursive_diff(old_dict, new_dict)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        for attrname in ('recursive_diff', 'recursive_diff_missing_keys'):
+            try:
+                delattr(self, attrname)
+            except AttributeError:
+                continue
+
+    def test_added(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.recursive_diff.added(), ['a.g', 'h', 'i'])
+
+    def test_removed(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.recursive_diff.removed(), ['a.f'])
+
+    def test_changed_with_ignore_unset_values(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.recursive_diff.changed(ignore_unset_values=True),
+                         ['a.c', 'a.e'])
+
+    def test_changed_without_ignore_unset_values(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.recursive_diff.changed(ignore_unset_values=False),
+                         ['a.c', 'a.e', 'a.g', 'a.f', 'h', 'i'])
+
+    def test_unchanged(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.recursive_diff.unchanged(),
+                         ['a.b', 'j'])
+
+    def test_diffs(self):
+        self.assertDictEqual(self.recursive_diff.diffs,
+                             {'a': {'c': {'old': 2, 'new': 4},
+                                    'e': {'old': 'old_value',
+                                          'new': 'new_value'},
+                                    'f': {'old': 'old_key', 'new': NONE},
+                                    'g': {'old': NONE, 'new': 'new_key'}},
+                              'h': {'old': NONE, 'new': 'new_key'},
+                              'i': {'old': NONE, 'new': None}})
+        self.assertDictEqual(self.recursive_diff_ign.diffs,
+                             {'a': {'c': {'old': 2, 'new': 4},
+                                    'e': {'old': 'old_value',
+                                          'new': 'new_value'},
+                                    'g': {'old': NONE, 'new': 'new_key'}},
+                              'h': {'old': NONE, 'new': 'new_key'},
+                              'i': {'old': NONE, 'new': None}})
+
+    def test_new_values(self):
+        self.assertDictEqual(self.recursive_diff.new_values,
+                             {'a': {'c': 4, 'e': 'new_value',
+                                    'f': NONE, 'g': 'new_key'},
+                              'h': 'new_key', 'i': None})
+
+    def test_old_values(self):
+        self.assertDictEqual(self.recursive_diff.old_values,
+                             {'a': {'c': 2, 'e': 'old_value',
+                                    'f': 'old_key', 'g': NONE},
+                              'h': NONE, 'i': NONE})
+    def test_changes_str(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.recursive_diff.changes_str,
+                         'a:\n'
+                         '  c from 2 to 4\n'
+                         '  e from \'old_value\' to \'new_value\'\n'
+                         '  g from nothing to \'new_key\'\n'
+                         '  f from \'old_key\' to nothing\n'
+                         'h from nothing to \'new_key\'\n'
+                         'i from nothing to None')